How to install Skyrim
I downloaded the game files, mounted the .iso files and added the game to setup.exe to my steam library and installed the game under the mountpoint. When i click play in steam i just get back to the installer. Running the SkyrimSe.exe in steam(located in the CODEX directory) doesnt work. I use Arch Linux.
Did you actually apply the crack over top of the original files? You say you're running the executable in the CODEX directory, but the CODEX directory would be where the temporary crack files are, not where the game is expecting them. You can also try installing the latest repack from KaOs, which you can find on 1337x by searching for "skyrim repack kaos". The repack will auto-crack everything so you can be sure that at least that is done correctly.
OK, so I downloaded and installed your mentioned crack. The problem is, that if I run it with wine the game doesn't work. I mean, it works fine, but this one dude doesn't talk to me and at one point my vehicle just drives against a wall. Haven't tried running it in steam yet.
Are NPCs silent when talking? If so you'll need to install
faudiointo your Wine prefix with Winetricks. Running with Steam may help a little also but l don't remember if Proton includes faudio by default.As for the cart crashing that's probably just Skyrim. The opening cutscene is notoriously buggy.
I will try using faudio(yes they are silent).
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I have a dim memory of hearing somewhere that you need to run SkyrimSELauncher.exe first at least once to create .ini files and such.
I was going to suggest you just spend the $6 or whatever to buy the game on Steam, but apparently they're asking $53 for it now. What the fuck Bethesda. Maybe they had to raise the price to stop it selling more than Starfield. Anyway, good luck.
Use Lutris instead. Add the EXE, install it, change the launch EXE to the correct file.
Have you considered using JC141?
No one? Not a single commenter recognized this as satire?
As someone that uses Arch and still has issues sometimes, I'd say it isn't satire.
You have issues running Windows executables on Arch?
Tell me you haven't touched Linux gaming in the last few years without directly saying it.
YES. Some games don't always work via Proton. Proton is Steam's compatibility layer. That's how the Steam deck works. It's based on Arch and uses Proton to make Windows games work on Linux.
I've had issues running stuff even on debian. Too often the people packaging things just assume you're using Windows to run your Windows executables like some kind of noob.
I know this is the piracy community, but why not just buy it? It's like $15 lol
If you're planning on modding the game (which isn't an easy task on Linux, I've been using Arch for a decade and it was a nightmare getting it to work through MO2), be aware that some mods (usually only SKSE mods) flat out won't work with a cracked version of the game, the authors wrote checks in the code I'm guessing to look for specific strings or versions. Then there's the issue of multiple exe versions and some mods only work with specific versions.
Or OP could retrieve the GOG installer from the high seas which technically wouldn't have any DRM to crack.
Your comment runs antithetical to this server, but I agree. Skyrim has been out for 12 years and it's surprising that OP doesn't already have like 3 copies of it. Sometimes, piracy really is just a service problem.
Suggesting that people actually buy something in here is apparently equivalent to kicking a puppy lol